Irina Zhuravleva

You have arrived at a place where the confusion and emotional strain feel overwhelming. You keep asking yourself why someone who says they care seems...

Imagine finally meeting someone who accepts you as you are — after so many painful attempts to find love, this person is beside you, wanting...

When you finally stop investing your attention, something unexpected happens. The silence that once frightened you becomes a kind of calm. Their lack of messages...

There comes a point in every anxious-avoidant pairing when the anxiously attached partner finally breaks — not with loud arguments or pleading, but with a...

You may be convinced they’ve turned their back on you — that their silence signals they’ve moved forward, that their withdrawal proves you weren’t sufficient....

There are moments that stop you in your tracks — not simply because something awful occurred, but because that event reveals you are utterly on...

What unfolds when one person lives in constant fear of losing love while the other fears being tied down? This isn’t merely a rhetorical flourish...

Limerence is an intense, addictive form of romantic fixation on someone who is unattainable. People caught in it often withdraw from reality and retreat into...

I’m noticing a troubling pattern in relationships: too often people fall into one of two harmful habits — they either minimize their partner’s pain or...

Have you ever been in a relationship where one moment everything feels warm and close, and the next your partner seems to withdraw without warning?...

If you are one of the many people carrying the lasting effects of childhood abuse or neglect, I want you to know that you’ve likely...

Many of you have shared that lately you’ve been feeling a hollow kind of ache, especially around the holidays — a blend of sadness and...

Some readers have voiced concern that these messages underplay the gravity of marital commitment, so let it be stated plainly: the bond of marriage deserves...

Have you ever been in a relationship with someone who seems to vanish emotionally just when you need them most? The quiet stretches feel heavier...

Okay — here are three important reasons we should avoid letting our partner feel as if sex has become an obligation. Number one: it erodes...

When someone you care about begins to pull away, your first instinct is often to read that distance as rejection. You start to doubt yourself...

Have you ever bent over backward for a man — agreed to things you secretly opposed, dropped everything at the slightest call, or stayed silent...

I used to fall into the habit of apologizing almost immediately, and while that might seem considerate at first glance, it often creates problems. Rushing...

It’s predictable: whenever someone offers relationship advice, there’s always that comment — “That won’t help with narcissists; empathy, kindness, and love don’t work on them.”...

They disappear like hoarfrost under a sudden sun, leaving you staring into an unnerving quiet, wondering whether the connection ever existed. Why do avoidant partners...

People often teach that relationships should be rooted in selflessness, and there is truth in that—yet a crucial question remains: when does giving turn harmful?...

This is not love — and I’ll state that up front without beating around the bush. The intense magnetic pull, the fixation on someone who...

You believe he’s untroubled. You picture him walking away without a backward glance: composed, detached, already moving on as if you never mattered. His feeds...

Many people ask which exact method I used to soothe my nervous system and heal the lingering effects of childhood PTSD. If you’ve seen my...